The Telemedicine society of India- Goa state chapter was inaugurated on 8th July 2023 by the dignitaries from the National Executive Committee- TSI India marking a new era of E-health and putting Goa on the map of national telemedicine framework.
Telemedicine society of India- Goa State chapter is formed with an aim to inculcate telemedicine as an integral part of health care delivery in present and future.
As our county is evolving is all aspects, healthcare and medical sector is witnessing tremendous growth.
India's national public health policies are accentuating technology and digitalization for efficient, economical, and quality delivery of healthcare, it is pertinent that telemedicine will play an important role to augment traditional medical care, the prime example of this metamorphosis was experienced during COVID-19 pandemic.
Goa as a tourist destination and small state having excellent healthcare network in public and private sector.
However it has its own set of challenges to improvise the delivery of healthcare, disparity of human resources in healthcare along floating population of the state and issues of mobility can create gaps in efficient deliveryof timely healthcare. If there is a good network of point-of-care telemedicine and E-health hubs, it will help in bridging such gaps and create efficiency.
Overall Objective
Promote and implement all aspects of telemedicine and E-Health among the medical community and general public and to participate and do value addition in state, national and international events in the field of telemedicine.
Our Immediate Goals
- To strengthen the TSI Goa state chapter by incorporating members of medical fraternity and other professionals.
- To sensitize the general public and medical sector on guidelines governing telemedicine.
- To demonstrate real-world working of telemedicine and E-health tools to benefit the patient and doctors.
- To convince the medical community on importance of telemedicine to augment clinical practice.
Long term Goals
- To ensure setting up network of telemedicine point-of-care in individual and institutional capacity delivering healthcare to common citizens of the state.
- To contribute towards strengthening the national legislations governing telemedicine and E-health.
- To constitute "Telemedicine Cells" in government and non-government organizations for bringing telemedicine in mainstream.
- To create a digital healthcare map of state of Goa along with online digital platform on boarding local doctors and patients.
- To create and inventory of certified telemedicine tools and platform with qualified and trained manpower to deliver E-health
